Decision-making bias in assessment: The effect of aggregating objective information and anecdote

Medical Teacher

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 832-837

  Tweed, Mike J ^a   Thompson Fawcett, Mark ^a   Wilkinson, Tim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84884518404     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2013.803062     Document Type: Article

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